Satellite Television (DBS, DTH, DSat, DVB-S, DVB-S2) News

SES Reports Continued Strong Results
Oct 27, 2008 – SES S.A. (Paris, Luxembourg: SESG) reports on financial performance for the nine months ended 30th September 2008. Total utilised capacity increased from 820 at 30th June 2008 to 821 transponders at 30th September 2008.
News categories: Content Distribution, Results, Satellite

Dish TV India Earnings Release For The Quarter September 30, 2008
Oct 24, 2008 – Dish TV India (Bombay:532839) has announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended 30 September 2008. Dish TV's net subscriber base stood at 3.4 million on September 30, 2008. Dish TV added 529,000 subscribers in the quarter.
News categories: Dish TV, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Telmex Internacional Third Quarter 2008
Oct 24, 2008 – In the third quarter Telmex Internacional (Mexico:TELINTL; NYSE:TII) consolidated revenues totaled 19.573 billion pesos. In Brazil, Net had close to 2.9 million pay TV users and 2.1 million broadband Internet users.
News categories: Telmex Internacional, Brazil, Cable TV, Chile, Colombia, IPTV, Peru, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Freesat launches in Ireland as Sat4Free
Oct 24, 2008 – Sat4Free, based on the FreeSat service available in the UK, has launched this week in Ireland. Free satellite installation is included in the price of the set-top box, made by Grundig.
News categories: Sat4Free, Digital TV, Ireland, Satellite, Set Top Box

Televisa Third-Quarter 2008 Results
Oct 23, 2008 – Grupo Televisa (NYSE:TV, BMV:TLEVISA CPO) has announced results for third quarter of 2008. As of September 30, 2008, the number of gross active Sky subscribers increased to 1,728,214, compared with 1,542,466 as of September 30, 2007.
News categories: Grupo Televisa, Cable TV, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Shaw announces strong fourth quarter and full year results
Oct 23, 2008 – Shaw Communications (TSX:SJR.B, NYSE:SJR) has announced results for the quarter ended August 31, 2008. During the quarter Star Choice added 1,736 customers to reach 892,528 subscribers and digital cable customers increased by 23,020 to 906,320.
News categories: Shaw Communications, Cable TV, Canada, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

UK - FREESAT+ Launches With Humax Foxsat-HDR In November 2008
Oct 23, 2008 – Available in UK shops from mid-November 2008, the FOXSAT-HDR is bursting with Freesat+ recording features to capture the incredible colour, sound and crystal clear images of the BBC HD channel and ITV HD red button service.
News categories: Freesat, Humax, Digital TV, DVR, Satellite, Set Top Box, UK

NDS Group plc Reports First Quarter Results
Oct 23, 2008 – NDS (Nasdaq: NNDS) has announced its results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. 95.4 million active devices were protected by NDS conditional access and 98.7 million middleware clients were deployed at the end of the period.
News categories: NDS Group, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, DRM, DVR, IPTV, Middleware, Mobile, Private Equity, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Growth Period Ahead for Indian Satellite Market
Oct 22, 2008 – NSR has released its latest market research and forecast report: Indian Satellite Markets. The market attracting the most interest from regional satellite operators has been Direct-to-Home in the Ku-band.
News categories: NSR, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite